Kollum

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Kollum
Village
Kollum town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location in the Kollumerland municipality
Kollum Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates: Coordinates: 53°16′45″N 6°9′3″E / 53.27917°N 6.15083°E / 53.27917; 6.15083
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Noardeast-Fryslân
Population  (2017)
• Total	5,529
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9290-91
Telephone area	0511

Kollum (Low Saxon: Kölm) is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 5529 in January 2017.^[1] There is a restored windmill, Tochmaland in the village.

History[]

It was the site of a battle during the Eighty Years' War in 1581. Before 2019, the village was part of the Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland municipality.

Marianne Vaatstra murder[]

The village made national headlines after the murder of Marianne Vaatstra and subsequent riots which took place in the area in 1999. The case was only solved 13 years after the murder when the perpetrator was arrested after a DNA match.^[2]

Gallery[]

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  Former town hall (Kollum)

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  St Martin's church (Kollum)

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  House (Kollum)

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  House (Kollum)

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  House (Kollum)

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External links[]

Media related to Kollum at Wikimedia Commons

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